Finally Finished Bahn Building!

I have finally completed my reproduction of the Berlin, Germany Bahn Building in fabric.

How long was I stuck on this - 9 months?

If you check my first blog post I put up a picture of the actual building.

But here it is again.

SO what was the hardest part?
Figuring out how to get the long curved side to stay attached to the short side (I used a tab with velcro on the end)

What was the most challenging part?
Well there were so many places I got "stuck" and had to come up with solutions.

Dying fabric the right shade of blue, making the sheer fabric to show differences in rows, how was I going to reflect the shiny windows and the shadow from the building across the street, figuring out the inside- i wanted something organic to contrast with the man made outside, the edges- i used an early American tool to make cording, the bottom, how was it going to stand up?...

What would i do different?

I wouldn't use timtex between the inside and outside layers. I would have done something else inside and used channel stitching to stiffen the layers so it would stand up.

Was it fun? Would I do another reproducation building?

It stretched me definately. I now know something of what goes into making a 3 dimensional objects out of fabric and so I have more respect for the work and technical problem solving involved...I might make some thing simpler to hold dried flowers...

I have a few more things I need to write up about it before my assessor signs off, but the actual construction is done.